Prevalence of Normal Endoscopic Findings in Women with Dyspeptic Symptoms in a Brazilian Community - Abstract
Aim: To establish the prevalence of normal endoscopic findings and its association with dyspeptic symptoms in female patientssubmitted to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (ED)
Methods: We evaluated retrospectively the prevalence of positive and negative endoscopic findings in the population of women, from the age of 20, with dyspeptic symptoms, submitted to esophagogastroduodenoscopy (ED).
Results: A total of 1651 patients underwent ED. Of these 864, 51 men and 813 women had dyspeptic symptoms as an indication for endoscopy. In the two groups 27 men and 416 women had normal endoscopy, which corresponded to 52, 9% and 81,3% respectively of the endoscopy performed in patients with dyspeptic symptoms.
Conclusion: In the present study, we observed that the number the patients submitted to endoscopic procedures (ED) are women and the prevalence of dyspeptic symptoms and percentual of normal esofagogastroduodenoscopy was also significantly higher in women than in men. Our results suggest that the phenomenon of visceral hypersensitivity identified in most of the patients with FGDI 22-24 could be also associated to differences to the effects of female hormones.